Today In The Sky

About Today Halo Around the Sun

Did you notice a rainbow ring around the sun today?
It is called halo and these are very common when we have a high cirrus clouds in atmosphere. Most of us think of ice crystals in the atmosphere as snow flakes, but you may not have know that they are more often hexagonal columns.
These hexagonal columns are the mechanism that create these halos. When the sun or moon light shines through these columns, the light is bent and dispersed. As the light emerges from the crystal, it is bent normally 22 degrees creating the halo.
The light is bent as it moves through the ice creating the atmospheric optical display known as halos! If you want to see one, just look toward the moon or sun ( use caution to protect your eyes from the sun ) when we have high cirrus clouds and you should see a halo! They are pretty common and some suggest we have near 100 per year in most locations.

Halo

When a luminous circle, or circle is seen around the sun it is called a halo sun. (Six facets) when the snow falls on the pens, it is reflected at an angle of 22 degrees. In cultural and traditional mythology, it is considered a symbol of rain and storm.

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